SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association)- The Syrian army has made gains on several fronts against the ISIL Takfiri militants.

Units of the armed forces managed to push large numbers of the militants out of villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo on Wednesday.

The army sources also captured a strategic road linking to areas inside the city of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, in the northwestern city of Idlib, the army forces recaptured a military base.

Two senior terrorist commanders were also killed in clashes with the Syrian forces in areas surrounding the western city of Homs and the capital Damascus.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. According to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, more than 200,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict over the past more than three years.